davidreckitt Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Hi We had a lovely mini fly in (5 pilots) this weekend just gone. One thing that was apparent was the difference in our set ups. The site was quite a sensitive one with regards to noise. Heres something I wanted to ask: I have been told that the best or at least that it is fine to warm up your motor at idle. I just start it, idle it for 2 minutes and thats that. When I walk to the wing to fly with the motor on my back I do turn on and crank to max half throttle for a few seconds before clipping in and flying away. It works for me, seems to be less noisey and intrusive and maybe even better for the engine (or worse ??). One guy insisted on kneeling down into the motor and crankin it on full revs for some minutes in order to warm up the engine - hell of a racket..before doing the same again prior to flying. Which is the best way? or what do you do? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidreckitt Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 BTW, both motors in this case where parajet (mine macro and other was a compact) in good nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Warm up on tick over, a quick squirt into the power band and then go Also does my nut in when people sit there for ages on full chat !!! SW : D Sent from my iPhone using PMC Forum mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Definitely slow and gentle. Everything expands at different rates so treat it nicely. I start and let it tick over for about a minute, give it a few gentle revs, a bit more tick over then run it at cruise revs for ten seconds a couple of times - then I consider it warm enough for a quick blast at take off revs for a maybe five - ten seconds then it's ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortoise332 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Hi all Its just the same at the traffic lights one man sitts there on tick over the other one blips the throttle constantly enough said If you are in a sensitive noise area then have a word on warm ups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markpulling Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 ditto simons warm up technique ,im exactly the same, warm up on tickover for a minute or two then a quick blast into the power band for a few seconds ,always worked for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidreckitt Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 awesome - thanks for the replies - sorry not responded earlier - just popped out for another beautiful flight - great to cool down after a hard day working in the heat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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